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TítuloProfessor George Szekeres interviewed by Professor Imogen Jubb

Referencia240000125

Fecha2004

Ámbito de contenidoVideo interview and transcript of interview.
George Szekeres was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1911. Although showing an early interest in and talent for mathematics, he studied chemical engineering at the Technological University of Budapest and then worked in a leather factory. In 1939 he fled Europe with his wife, Esther, and spent the war years in Shanghai.

Szekeres went to the University of Adelaide in 1948, where he was appointed initially as a lecturer, then senior lecturer and reader in mathematics. In 1963 he took up the first chair of pure mathematics at the University of New South Wales, where he stayed for the remainder of his career. He officially retired in 1975, but continued publishing original papers for several years. In 1976 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of NSW. Professor Szekeres passed away in 2005.

Szekeres mathematical work extended over relativity theory, combinatorial problems in geometry, group theory, number theory, abstract algebra and real and complex analysis. He is perhaps best known for his coordinate system for understanding black holes in cosmology.

LenguajeEnglish

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professor-george-szekeres-1911

Palabra clave de persona George Szekeres, Imogen Jubb

TemaMathematics, Geometry, Chemical engineering, Science--History, Science--Social aspects

Conditions governing accessThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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